Research Opportunities

The University System of Maryland's Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (USM LSAMP) Research Program

Fall Deadline: August 27
Spring Deadline: January 4
Summer Deadline: April 11

Contact: Peter DeCrescenzo, LSAMP project coordinator, lsamp@umbc.edu

International Research Experiences for Students (IRES): Montclair State University Summer Biology Research Program in Japan

Program Duration: May 10-July 11, 2026
Deadline: November 9, 2025

Contact: Carlos Molina, molinac@montclair.edu
Mika Munakata, munakatam@montclair.edu

Mountain Lake Biological Station: Research Experiences for Undergraduates 

Contact: mlbs-reu@virginia.edu

Coastal Marine Education and Research Academy (CMERA)

Contact: info@coastalmera.com

Ecosystem Field Studes

Caribbean Program Duration: December 28, 2025-January 17, 2026
Colorado Program Duration: TBD Summer 2026
Deadline: Rolling

Contact: steve@ecofs.org

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program

Program Duration: 11 weeks with start date of May 11, May 18, May 26 or June 1, 2026
Deadline: February 1, 2026

Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Summer Program: Training in Research Affecting Child Health (TRAC)

Program Duration: June 1, 2026-July 30, 2026
Deadline: January 9, 2026

Contact: TRACAHWFB@advocatehealth.org

Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Cardiovascular Sciences Summer Research Program

Program Duration: June 1, 2026-July 30,2026
Deadline: February 2, 2026

Contact: EICSAHWFB@Advocatehealth.org

Nemours Children's Health: Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Program (NSURP)

Program Duration: May 26, 2026-July 31, 2026
Applications available: December 1, 2025

Contact: summerresearch@nemours.org

University of Maryland School of Medicine: Supporting Undergraduate Members in Microbiology and Immunology Research (SUMMIR)

Contact: Ola Awad, PhD, SUMMIR program coordinator, Oawad@som.umaryland.edu

The Jackson Laboratory: Summer Student Program (SSP)

Program Duration: May 30, 2026-August 7, 2026
Deadline: January 16, 2026

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP): The Summer Mentoring and Research in Transdisciplinary Methodologies in the Neuroscience of Drug-Abuse (SMARTMIND)

Contact: couri-programs@utep.edu

University of Florida Health Cancer Center: Summer Training in Research and Oncology for the Next Generation of Researchers (STRONGER)

Contact: education@cancer.ufl.edu

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Data Science and Informatics (DSI) Scholars Program

Contact: NLMDSI@nih.gov

American Geophysical Union Bridge Program

Contact: bridge@agu.org

University of Connecticut Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates (RaMP): Genomic Novelty

Contact: Teisha King, program coordinator, teisha.king@uconn.edu

National Institutes of Health Postbac Program

Contact: PBP@od.nih.gov